{"id":12468,"date":"2025-06-23T05:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/?p=12468"},"modified":"2025-06-23T05:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T05:58:33","slug":"the-desire-for-approval-can-blind-one-to-the-truth-because-those-who-lack-substance-often-rely-on-style-to-compensate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/the-desire-for-approval-can-blind-one-to-the-truth-because-those-who-lack-substance-often-rely-on-style-to-compensate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c\u2026 The desire for approval can blind one to the truth because those who lack substance often rely on style to compensate\u2026 \u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s baffling how influencers with little to no actual expertise are the ones dictating taste. These \u201ctastemakers\u201d may set trends, but their opinions are often sponsored or tied to paid partnerships, making it harder for authentic creators to be seen. It\u2019s time for real experts\u2014whether artists, chefs, or curators\u2014to have a louder voice in shaping what\u2019s actually cool and not just what\u2019s being bought and sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s baffling how influencers with little to no actual expertise are the ones dictating taste. These \u201ctastemakers\u201d may set trends, but their opinions are often sponsored or tied to paid partnerships, making it harder for authentic creators to be seen. It\u2019s time for real experts\u2014whether artists, chefs, or curators\u2014to have a louder voice in shaping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12470,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12468\/revisions\/12470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}